Banking holidays are so much fun. Presidents day and some of you boys were scratching and sniffing around!
I had a chance to take a long drive yesterday (3-4 hours total) and admit I love being out on the open road. So much to see, if you only choose to make the drive. I admit, sometimes the lure of the big city can be enticing! So many places to shop, dine, dance, people watch.
Was listening to an MP3 of part 1, Edgar Allen Poe's "The Murders in The Rue Morgue" while driving. We're all acquainted with the creepy dark side of Poe's work, with archetypes like ravens, telltale hearts, etc. In Rue Morgue - he shares a more analytic perspective, almost philosophical, about time, space, and perception. I had to really focus to get the gist quite frankly.
"As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles. He derives pleasure from even the most trivial occupations bringing his talent into play. He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension preternatural."
... say THAT 10 times fast!!
I hope I'll have the discipline to stick with the rest of Poe's book. Because honestly, of late, I sometimes just want something decadent, fluffy, and perhaps a bit exploitive of it's subject matter...
